About Us
Our Mission and Vision
Dance Athens is a contemporary dance company based in Greece, with an international network of productions and collaborations.
Acting as a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing and promoting the art of dance, it organises and supports various activities around dance that include among others: professional contemporary dance performances, educative workshops, creative projects combining the arts, dance vacation and student exchange programmes.
Under its artistic director and main choreographer Ilias Bageorgos it creates and produces original dance performances, that have been honoured by UNESCO and supported by the Greek ministry of Culture, and performed across Europe.
Combining production with educational programs and creative workshops and residencies, the organisation has cemented a vast network of collaborating organisations and peers including institutions such as PARTS (Brussels), Graham for Europe, Peridance School of New York,
Martha Graham School of dance, IFunamboli, Gaga Movement language, National Opera Stara Zagora, Company Rau and more. Among its collaborators are included artists such as Russell Maliphant, Rakesh Sukesh, Korhan Basaran, Dana Fouras, Antonia Foniadakie and many more.
Ilias Bageorgos
Choreographer/Dancer
Artistic director: Dance Athens
Ilias was born in Athens and has graduated from ‘Ballet of Thessaly’ professional dance school, under the mentoring of Gech Michov. He has expanded his educational background, studying in New York and Athens, with scholarships from Jacob’s Pillow Academy and the Greek National School of Dance. He has studied next to Ohad Naharin, participating in the GagaLab at Orsolina 28 foundation.
He is an active freelance dancer since 2008, having performed for internationally acclaimed choreographers and organisations (Russel Maliphant, National Ballet of Cuba, Sadler’s Wells, Orsolina 28) as well as some for some of the most active creative forces in Greece (Fotis Nikolaou, Fenia Apostolou, Natassa Papmichail, Onassis Stegi, Stereo Nero and others).
As a choreographer/director he has focused his work on the merging of dance with poetry and literature, creating original dance performances and participating in many Greek and international festivals, having been recognized and awarded by UNESCO. Exploring the connection between dance and the rest of the performing arts he has choreographed for several theatrical performances collaborating between others with Xenia Kalogeropoulou and Fotis Spyrou.
He is the founder and artistic director of Dance Athens, an artistic company that combines performing production and educational programs.
The Team
Ilias Bageorgos
Contemporary Dance
Francesco Infante
Costume Designer
Konstantinos Argyriou-Evangeloudis
Curator
Skarlatos Pavlos-Vasilopoulos
Light Design
Lia Jackson
Production
